Sunday, April 19, 2015

Welcome Guest @BarbaraRoss with Genevieve's Mussels #recipe #giveaway


 Today we're thrilled to bring back Barbara Ross, who is celebrating her third Maine Clambake Mystery, Musseled Out with a lovely recipe--and a giveaway of the new book! Welcome Barbara!


 
Barbara Ross: I’m excited about Musseled Out, the soon-to-be-released third book in my Maine Clambake Mystery series.



The book takes place in the run up to Columbus Day weekend, the traditional end of the season at the Snowden Family Clambake. Julia Snowden has successfully saved the business from bankruptcy and finally has time to think. Maybe too much time. Will she go back to her venture capital job in Manhattan, or stay in Busman’s Harbor, Maine?



There’s a fly in the ointment, though. Shifty David Thwing, The Mussel King, has been scouting for a place in town to offer a “dining experience.” Thwing’s executive chef, Genevieve Pelletier, is a full-on cooking prodigy, and it looks like they’ll provide formidable competition for the clambake. So when Thwing is found sleeping with the fishes, Julia’s brother-in-law, Sonny, becomes suspect #1.



I enjoyed creating the character of chef Genevieve Pelletier. My husband, Bill Carito, as always my cooking advisor, enjoyed creating her signature mussel dish.






Genevieve Pelletier has built the reputation of her restaurants on her mussels, and if you make this dish you’ll see she certainly deserves the praise she gets for them. Genevieve serves this hearty dish as an appetizer, but it’s more than capable of carrying a meal as the entree.



6 ounces chorizo, divided. Half diced, half sliced into thin rounds

2-3 cloves garlic, chopped

¾ cup onion

¼ cup celery, diced

¼ cup red pepper, diced

salt and pepper 

½ Tablespoon smoked paprika

1 cup diced tomatoes

½ Tablespoon chopped fresh thyme

½ cup white wine

½ Tablespoon Dijon mustard

½ cup heavy cream

1-1½ pounds mussels, scrubbed and de-bearded

1 Tablespoon chopped parsley for garnish



Heat the olive oil on medium heat in a wide saucepan with a tight-fitting lid. 

Add the diced chorizo. Cook until lightly browned.



Stir in garlic, onion, celery, and red pepper.  Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir in smoked paprika. Sauté for three to four minutes.



Stir in tomato and thyme, cover pot, and simmer together for three to five minutes.

Add wine and let bubble on high heat for about a minute.



Stir in mustard and heavy cream and cook another minute. Taste and add additional salt or pepper, if necessary.



Add mussels, cover pot, and cook for five minutes, stirring once halfway through.

Spoon mussels into bowl, pour sauce over, and garnish with parsley



Barbara Ross is the author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries, Clammed Up, Boiled Over and Musseled Out (which will be released on April 28). Clammed Up was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel and was a finalist for the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. Both Clammed Up and Boiled Over were nominated for the RT Book Reviews, Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Amateur Sleuth (2134 & 2014).



Barbara writes on the big front porch of the former Seafarer Inn at the head of the harbor in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. She blogs with a wonderful group of Maine mystery authors at Maine Crime Writers and with writers of New England-based cozy mysteries at Wicked Cozy Authors. You can reach her at her website www.maineclambakemysteries.com

Don't forget to leave a comment with your email to be entered in the drawing for Musseled Out... 

61 comments:

  1. This series sounds great and the mussels sound yummy! Thanks for the opportunity!
    angelhwk68@yahoo.com

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  2. Delicious seafood recipe and great book! EMS591@aol.com

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  3. I enjoyed the first two books in this series.
    sgiden at verizon(.)net

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  4. Looks like a fun series, thanks for the chance :)
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  5. I've never eaten mussels - and I'll pass! - but I do enjoy the series and would be pleased to read about them!
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  6. Musseled Out sounds like a great read. Thank you for a chance to win.
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  7. I'm looking forward to reading this series. Maine is one of my favorite places in the world. Thank you for the recipe too. rencw@verizon.net

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  8. That recipe had me at chorizo, LOL. It sounds amazing, and I bet some crusty bread to soak up the sauce would not go amiss. I live in Maine, and will definitely give this a try. Oh, and the book sounds like fun too, hehe.

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    1. Hi Luanna--I hope you enjoy both the mussels and my depiction of Maine.

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  9. I'm happy to see you here, Barbara! We are thinking about a trip to Maine for a few days this summer. Can you recommend where we should go to get a real good feel for the Maine coast, without a lot of driving? I look forward to reading your books.

    ElaineE246 at msn dot com

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    1. Hi Elaine. The Maine coast is so jagged, it's actually as long a California's. If you don't want to do a lot of driving on your vacation, I'd pick one area and stay with it. There will be more than enough to do. Areas to consider might be, Southern Maine--Ogunquit, Kennebunkport, up to Portland which is a wonderful city, or Midcoast Maine where my books are set, including Wiscasset, Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta and Pemaquid Point up to Rockland and Camden, or farther north, the Bar Harbor Region, or even father, Down East. And that's just the coast! Maine is an amazing tourist destination, but you'll have more fun and be more relaxed if you focus on one part of it.

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    2. Thank you so much! We will look at the different areas and decide. We will be coming from near Albany, New York, so your list will be very helpful. I have always wanted to visit the coast since I read Elisabeth Ogilvie's books. And I look for other books that take place along the coast. Maybe I will get to see it this summer! Thank you so much!

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    3. Elisabeth Ogilvie is amazing!

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  10. I love this series and own the first two book in it. I'd be thrilled to win this new book to add to my home library.

    I'll be passing the recipe along to some friends who enjoy eating mussels.

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  11. I recently picked up this series and loved it!!!

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  12. Seafood isn't my first choice, but I devour Barbara's series. I truly enjoyed the first 2 and eagerly look forward to Mussled Out. Thanks for the giveaway chance.

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  13. Thank you, everyone for the kind words about my series. Good luck with the contest and (for those of you who love seafood) with the recipe.

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  14. I love this series, I always walk away hungry though with a strong urge to travel to Maine and go to a clambake.
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  15. I love this series and this recipe reminds me so much of some amazing food my husband and I ate last summer in Boothbay. In fact, we planned a trip to Maine because of this series. We were going to Boston for a conference and just decided to add some days in Maine, went to Kennebunkport and Boothbay and did the clam bake suggested in the back of the book. Thanks Barbara for writing a series so captivating, it also helped us to plan one of our favorite vacations :)

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    1. Amy--I'm so glad you enjoyed Maine and the Cabbage Island Clambake! As you experienced, the family and island are nothing like the books, but the delicious food is the same.

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  16. this recipe sounds DE-LISH!!!
    thank you for it & the giveaway....

    cyn209 at juno dot com

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  17. The recipe sounds really good---now if I could only find some fresh mussels here in landlocked Minnesota. Thanks for the contest, I'd love to read the book.
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  18. I had not heard about the Maine Clambake Mystery series. Am intrigued with that and the recipe shared here. I'll admit that I have only ever tried to make the usual mussels in white wine. Looking forward to trying something new.

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  19. The recipe and, most of all, the new book sounds great. Thank you for the opportunity to win. dmskrug3 at hotmail dot com

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  20. Love this series and cant wait to get the new release. Mussels not so much a fan, but have a dear friend who love, love, loves them. So will definitely share the recipe with her. Reading about where Barbara writes these delicious books makes me wicked jealous. Thanks for the great books and the recipes.

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  21. Never read the series but hope to.
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  22. Thanks for the recipe - I love mussels! And I loved Clammed Up, but haven't yet read Boiled Over. I love reading books set in Maine, as they remind me of family trips to York Beach. I'm hoping to be able to take both my girls there during our New Hampshire trip this summer!

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  23. Love this series but will pass on this recipe. I'm going to see if your hubby will friend me. Love Maine settings in books. Ruth Nixon

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  24. Barb! You're so lucky to have a husband with cooking talent! I'm jealous. Thanks for joining us today. The book and the recipe look wonderful!

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    1. Thank you, Krista. And you're right. I don't appreciate him nearly enough.

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  25. Welcome back to the kitchen, Barbara. Thanks to you (and your husband, Bill, and Genevieve!) for the mussels recipe. Marc and I love mussels. They are spectacular with a chilled glass of white wine--like a little ocean vacation in your mouth--and it's been way too long since we made them at home, so your recipe will come in quite handy. Thanks for sharing it today and warmest congrats on the release of book #3 in your terrific Maine Clambake Mysteries!

    ~ Cleo Coyle

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    1. Thank you, Cleo. And thanks so much for having me here today. I love my visits to Mystery Lovers Kitchen!

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  26. Just finished "Boiled Over". Can't wait to find out what happens next.

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  27. recipe looks delicious!! I am originally form Ma and loved going to Maine every summer. Your books sound like ones that I will enjoy reading.

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    1. forgot to add my email. darholley1@aol.com thanks for the chance to win a copy :)

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  28. I've read Clammed Up and Boiled Over and can't wait to read the new book in the series. I've never had mussels but this recipe looks so good that I can't wait to try it. Oh, and Maine is beautiful and Boothbay Harbor is beautiful. I live next door in NH. scarletbegonia5858@gmail.com

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  29. This book and it's recipes sound scrumptious !! I want to read all of the previous books also. I come from New Hampshire so I know how beautiful it is up there. Oh my gosh this is going to be such a fun read! Thanks for the recipe and the chance to pick up on a great book. Whatever Cleo says GO's!

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  30. PS Duh! momma.lizbailey@gmail.com....you'd think I'd remember!

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  31. LOVE this series! Part of my dad's family lives in Maine. Overdue for a visit. Recipe looks yummy. Seafood is my favorite food. Can't wait to get my hands on Musseled Out. Would love to win!
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  32. Shellfish is a no for me but the book sounds good.
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  33. This looks really good! I haven't read this series yet but will be looking for it later today! Melissa (biszemom@gmail.com)

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  34. Great title to add to my TBR list. Zeta@iwon.com

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  35. I enjoy this series and am looking forward to reading the 3rd book.

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  36. I love this series and can't wait for the third book. Thanks for the opportunity to win. cking78503@aol.com

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  37. Thank you everyone for coming by, and for the nice things you've said about the series. Good luck with the contest!

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  38. Hey I don't eat seafood but I would love to read the book. The picture is so inviting! rachaelabrams317@gmail.com

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  39. Oh boy, Barbara, the new book sounds great. I love the Clambake Mysteries. The first one was awesome, the second one even better and I can't wait to read the third.
    Congratulations on Musseled Out!

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  40. Sounds like a fun read! Haven't read anything from Barbara yet! robin.christofaro@yahoo.com

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  41. iam from Maine and i love her books

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  42. Bought the first 2 books. Looking forward to Mussels being released
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  43. Looks like a great book. Makes me want to eat some mussels .

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  44. My family isn't fond of sea food but I think I would like this "new to me" series. dbahn@iw.net

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  45. Love the recipe and the book looks like a delicious read!

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  46. Not a fan of mussels but I am reading Musseled Out now and I am really loving it. It is just as good as the first two. Congrats

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  47. A captivating and lovely book. Great recipe. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  48. The Clambake series is wonderful and the recipe delectable.elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  49. Can't wait to see how this series turn out. Good luck everyone clarice.jovan@gmail.com

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  50. I have not had the chance to read this series, but it sounds like it is a hoot! I also have never had mussels, but this recipe may need to be made soon! Thank you for this giveaway. debprice60@gmail.com

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  51. I am not going to enter because i just won this book on Shelleys Book Case ( Thank you Shelley & Barbara!!!!! ) I just wanted to say a that the first 2 books were great and I can't wait to read #3. So good luck to everbody!

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  52. This series is definitely next on my list. Sounds right up my alley! My family loves mussels and that recipe looks divine! finn.matt.kim@gmail.com

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  53. I love this series. Read the first one in a day.
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